O1完形填空Ⅰ
O1[2014·湖南卷]
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The summer before I went off to college, Mum stood me in her usual spot behind the ironing board(烫衣板) and said, “Pay attention: I'm going to teach you to iron.”
Mum clearly explained her __36__ for this lesson. I was going to be __37__ and needed to learn this vital skill. Also, I would be meeting new people, and properly ironed clothes would help me make a good __38__.
“Learn to iron a shirt，” Mum said, “and you can iron anything.”
But ironing shirts was not __39__ work. It didn't make use of long muscles we used to throw a baseball，and it wasn't a __40__ operation like iceskating. Ironing was like driving a car on a street that has a stop sign every 10 feet. Moreover，an iron produced steam and it carried an element of __41__. If you touched the wrong part of it, you'd get burnt. If you forgot to turn it off when you __42__， you might burn down the house.
As for technique, Mum __43__ me to begin with the flat spaces outwards, always pushing the iron forward into wrinkled(有褶皱的) parts. Collars had to be done right. Mum said they were close to your face, where everyone would __44__ them.
